officers quarters ( four du ##plex ##es and post commandant ' s house ) was built by 1844 , and the intended enlisted barracks were not completed . in his 1844 inspection of the fort , colonel george cr ##og ##han reported that , in comparison to other frontier forts , he considered fort scott " above average " . due to the rising tensions that escalated in the mexican @ - @ american war , the us army red ##ep ##lo ##yed troops to the southwest . with fort scott still un ##com ##ple ##ted , officials decided on april 25 , 1850 , that no more construction would be done there , after eight years and $ 35 @ , @ 000 . by the time
officers quarters ( four duplexes and post commandant's house ) was built by 1844, and the intended enlisted barracks were not completed. in his 1844 inspection of the fort, colonel george croghan reported that, in comparison to other frontier forts, he considered fort scott " above average ". due to the rising tensions that escalated in the mexican @ - @ american war, the us army redeployed troops to the southwest. with fort scott still uncompleted, officials decided on april 25, 1850, that no more construction would be done there, after eight years and $ 35 @, @ 000. by the time